What would you do if your family member was in danger of deportation? These days the news is full of immigration sweeps and detention horror stories. ICE systematically separates children […]
Located about four hours north of Nicaragua’s capital city Managua, just off the Pan American Highway, Yalagüina is home to about 10,000 people. The town is quickly growing and has […]
PEACEWORKS JANUARY 2020 DELEGATION TO NICARAGUA SIGN UP BY AUGUST 31ST! CONTACT: Diane Sterner at (609) 259-8093 or dsterner14@gmail.com Why travel to Nicaragua now? The answer is closer than you […]
Awesome day, folks! On Saturday May 11th we packed our 75th humanitarian aid shipment to Nicaragua — it is headed out to sea. In record time we packed 897 pieces […]
Thank you so much for great time and your kind donations! About 50 people came out on a beautiful July afternoon to enjoy great food and live music by Deivis […]
On Saturday October 12th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
While the subject matter of our dinner forum has yet to be determined, you already know the food is going to be good! So put us down on your calendar […]
Let’s help each other get in the spirit of the holiday. Come out for good food and drink, as well as a conversation about recent events in Nicaragua and Latin […]
The following dates and times are subject to change, please check back. Who is Maria Eugenia Delgadillo? Read her bio here. Download the complete schedule here. Saturday Sept. 8 […]
On Saturday October 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy some fine, home-cooked BBQ, spend time among friends and build solidarity with the people of Nicaragua. Our Nica partners are going through a […]
Thank you to everyone who donated items, time and money to get our 73rd humanitarian aid shipment off to Nicaragua. About 60 volunteers came out on Saturday May 12th to […]
While dozens of kids and adults got a great bike, cheap, folks at the Madison Bike Swap raised over $900 for PeaceWorks projects in Nicaragua. Every year a group of […]
On Saturday March 10th, 54 people came out to the Friends Meeting in Chatham for dinner and a conversation with members of January 2018 delegation to Nicaragua. Download the full […]
Thanks to 30 volunteers we took a huge step forward getting ready for our shipment day on Saturday May 12th! Thank you to everyone who came out on April 28th […]
10 members of the PeaceWorks community have landed and are out and about in Nicaragua, traveling over gorgeous Volcano-lined landscapes to visit our local partners, see their projects, discuss priorities […]
On Saturday May 12th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send down, we need as […]
On September 5th President Trump sent Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce that his Administration would revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This Obama administration policy allowed […]
Join us on Saturday evening November 10th for a dinner forum with the PeaceWorks community. Soon we’ll share all the information on our presenter, so stay tuned…but as always, come hungry! […]
You are invited! PeaceWorks is rooted in the social movement of the 1980’s that resisted the U.S.-backed war in Nicaragua. But even when the war ended, PeaceWorks continued to support […]
Another Brick in the Wall? Fear and Uncertainty for Immigrants: A Conversation with Rosa Santana The U.S. Government’s Temporary Protection Status (TPS) permits immigrants from about 22 countries to remain […]
Our 72nd humanitarian aid shipment is off to Nicaragua! Thank you to everyone who came out, donated items & money, made food and provided good cheer on Saturday October 14th. […]
There are no roads to El Apante. The last dirt road ended three hours back — right before what locals call an incline. For anyone else, a really steep mountain. […]
You may have missed this in the mainstream media, but Nicaraguan liberation theologian and Maryknoll Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockman passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. He was […]
Come on our January 2018 Delegation to Nicaragua. You’ll hike to mountain villages to see sustainable farming and water conservation projects. By boat you’ll glide through mangrove forests to participate […]
PeaceWorks Summer Camp 2017: Recreation, Relaxation…and Resistance Where: World Fellowship Center, Conway, New Hampshire When: Thurs. August 17th– Monday August 21st, 2017 Located at the foot of the White Mountains […]
Un mano, por favor… On Saturday May 13th we’ll be packing a 45′ shipping container full of material aid for our Nicaragua partners. In addition to bringing us donations to send […]
We’ll be meeting up at our storage facility at the Shrine of St. Joseph on Saturday April 29th from 10am-2pm to organize and box donations for our 71st humanitarian aid […]
Thank you to everyone who came out to try a special selection of wines and join PeaceWorks in supporting women’s empowerment projects in Nicaragua! Together, we raised $1500.00! Wines were chosen by […]
In January 2017, 10 of us from the PeaceWorks community returned from a 12-day delegation to Nicaragua. Click here to download our report to learn about the people we met, the places […]
It’s pretty amazing what you can get done when 40 people show up. Our new storage facility for our humanitarian aid shipments to Nicaragua, the Quonset Hut at the Shrine of […]
As always, and for the 70th time, thank you very much. PeaceWorks was very proud to be joined by over 30 Seton Hall and 10 Don Bosco Prep students who […]
PeaceWorks sends our warmest greetings to everyone who came out to our Dinner Forum on Saturday September 10th, 2016. After enjoying a fantastic meal with about 70 people, we had an […]
Not every community of people gets to come together every summer to enjoy great food, music and friendship as the foundation to build peace and stand in solidarity with the people of Central America. […]
“People to people. Pueblo a pueblo. New Jersey to Nicaragua.” For nearly a quarter of a century PeaceWorks has built a community of solidarity between the people of New Jersey and […]
The headline may be that the PeaceWorks community raised $25,000 in just over four weeks. But the real news is that the hard work of identifying and building trust with […]
Is it chugging by Miami? Heading through the Panama Canal? We’re not quite sure, but by early July all of our Nicaraguan partners will be unpacking a 45′ shipping container […]
Just outside of Palacagüina, Nicaragua the January 2016 PeaceWorks delegation accompanied about 20 local Nicaraguans from the Roncalli Association up a small “cerro” or mountain for a day of relaxation and […]
“Who is my Neighbor? Fear and Family in a Polarized World” 4th ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER for First Friends Wednesday, May 4, 2016, 7:00pm, The Richfield Regency, 420 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, New Jersey […]
Our March 2016 Newsletter is out. You can download it right here.
We couldn’t thank you enough! So far, our online campaign to get the Inhijambia Program for Street Kids a new vehicle has brought in $4,630 PLUS $7000 by mail, PLUS… PeaceWorks […]
Got a bike you’d like to donate? Need a bike to get around? The Bike Swap is back on…and all proceeds go to PeaceWorks! On Sunday, May 15 from 9 […]
Please join us on Saturday June 11th, at 6:30pm for dinner and a conversation about the enormous challenges of developing a rural Guatemalan town, and stopping the mass exodus of […]
We want to send our warmest wishes to you and your family this holiday. We are so very grateful to everyone for all of the hard work and solidarity over […]
Year after year PeaceWorks connects with our local partners in Nicaragua. In January 2019, six of our board members are traveling down to meet up with our dear friends, and […]
Sarah Junkin Woodard returns to Christ Church in Summit from the Center for Development in Central America (CDCA), a Nicaraguan-based, faith-based organization. Working in Nicaragua for 25 years, the CDCA […]
This is a big one – our 75th shipment of bicycles, medical equipment, clothes, household items, sporting goods, and so much more. Come on out on Saturday May 11th we’ll […]
Got a bike you’d like to donate? Need a bike to get around? The Bike Swap is back on…and all proceeds go to PeaceWorks! On Sunday, May 19 from 9 to […]
Sadly, in spite of everything we love about Nicaragua, it is a country with little awareness about people with disabilities and the issues they face. But there are those working […]
